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Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by woodandsteel »

quaquaqua1 wrote: post #2

Wow, this article is reall interesting to me. I am actually an extreme critic of Tesla. However, I also am an ardent supporter of cost-efficient technologies (anyone who knows what an Acer C720 is knows what cost-efficiency is). So, it is really awesome to me that a country that has been ravaged by corruption and health crises is able to run vital services with repurposed hardware that isn't anything to do with glitz…

Why are you an extreme critic of Tesla?

Is it because you think anthropogenic climate change is a hoax, and we should stay on fossil fuels? Or do you believe climate change is real and we need to get off of fossil fuels as fast as possible, but Tesla is doing a terrible job of helping this happen? Or perhaps for some other reason?

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

#12

Post by jacquesm »

woodandsteel wrote: post #11
quaquaqua1 wrote: post #2

Wow, this article is reall interesting to me. I am actually an extreme critic of Tesla. However, I also am an ardent supporter of cost-efficient technologies (anyone who knows what an Acer C720 is knows what cost-efficiency is). So, it is really awesome to me that a country that has been ravaged by corruption and health crises is able to run vital services with repurposed hardware that isn't anything to do with glitz…

Why are you an extreme critic of Tesla? Is it because you think anthropogenic climate change is a hoax, and we should stay on fossil fuels? Or do you believe climate change is real and we need to get off of fossil fuels as fast as possible, but Tesla is doing a terrible job of helping this happen? Or perhaps for some other reason?

After two major strawmen why should he add another reason?

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

#13

Post by walshemj »

trebligdivad wrote: post #6
cryptozeus wrote: post #3

The photo of tesla battery pack behind the bars is striking.

At $6500 it's over a years worth over a years average salary [using numbeo.com rates] , and more importantly it's useful to anyone else suffering from intermittent electric which they all are.

Stealing is a major problem in telecoms design in Africa - you also get it (cable thefts) in developed countries when the coper price is high.

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by beambot »

jacquesm wrote: post #12
woodandsteel wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are you an extreme critic of Tesla? Is it because you think anthropogenic climate change is a hoax, and we should stay on fossil fuels? Or do you believe climate change is real and we need to get off of fossil fuels as fast as possible, but Tesla is doing a terrible job of helping this happen? Or perhaps for some other reason?

After two major strawmen why should he add another reason?

Why does GP feel need to note that they are a Tesla critic rather than simply praising Zimbabwe's elegant use case?

Snarkiness abounds, apparently.

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by gruez »

maimeowmeow wrote: post #7
trebligdivad wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At $6500 it's over a years worth over a years average salary [using numbeo.com rates] , and more importantly it's useful to anyone else suffering from intermittent electric which they all are.

It be worth stealing anywhere, provided you ok (or dont care) with possible consequenses if getting caught. Resale, private usage. Guess the gate is eletricfied, as the bars look easy to get through.

>Guess the gate is eletricfied

doesn't look like it. it's not isolated from the ground, so any electricity is going straight into the earth. the bigger deterrent is the barbed wire, but you can get pass that (and the electric fence, if any) with a fiberglass ladder.

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

#16

Post by adventured »

trebligdivad wrote: post #6
cryptozeus wrote: post #3

The photo of tesla battery pack behind the bars is striking.

At $6500 it's over a years worth over a years average salary [using numbeo.com rates] , and more importantly it's useful to anyone else suffering from intermittent electric which they all are.

> At $6500 it's over a years worth average salary

It's approximately six years of a typical income in Zimbabwe at the moment. It's definitely a lot of money, makes sense to lock it up.

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by smt88 »

woodandsteel wrote: post #11
quaquaqua1 wrote: post #2

Wow, this article is reall interesting to me. I am actually an extreme critic of Tesla. However, I also am an ardent supporter of cost-efficient technologies (anyone who knows what an Acer C720 is knows what cost-efficiency is). So, it is really awesome to me that a country that has been ravaged by corruption and health crises is able to run vital services with repurposed hardware that isn't anything to do with glitz…

Why are you an extreme critic of Tesla? Is it because you think anthropogenic climate change is a hoax, and we should stay on fossil fuels? Or do you believe climate change is real and we need to get off of fossil fuels as fast as possible, but Tesla is doing a terrible job of helping this happen? Or perhaps for some other reason?

There are reasons to criticize Tesla that are unchanged by whatever benefits the company can be credited with in the fight against climate change.

For example, the US govt just told them to stop lying about the safety of one of their cars.

There are lots of companies building electric cars without resorting to misleading marketing.

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